Crochet-needle



C. E. ENSFIELD.

CROCHET NEEDLE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 7, 1919.

1,358,067, Patented N0v.9,1920.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 9, 1920.

Application filed November 7, 1919. Serial No. 336,357.

To whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARA ELIZABETH ENs'rInLn, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Fennville, in the county of Allegan and Stateof Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCrochet-Needles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in crochet needles, and has for itsobject to pro vide a needle wherein resilient holders are provided inconnection with the handle, for

engaging the ball and the thread, to prevent unwinding of the ball andto prevent raveling of the work, and to hold the ball, holder and theneedle together.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved needle;

2 is a top plan view;

rig. 3 1s a slde view.

In the present embodiment of the inven tion, the needle 1, which is ofordinary construction having at one end the hook 2 and having the otherend plain, as shown at V 3, is provided intermediate its ends with aflattened portion, in the present instance a loop, as shown, forconvenience in grasping the needle.

Upon one side of the needle there is secured a spring plate 5, the saidplate having one end soldered, brazed or otherwise connected to thehandle or" the needle. Toward its free end the plate is bent outwardlyaway from the needle and then inwardly to lie against the handle, asshown at 6, the extremity of the 1 saidfree end being also curvedoutwardly.

This plate 5-6 isdesigned to engage the thread on the ball to hold theball to the needle and to prevent unwinding of the thread upon the ball.On the opposite side there is secured a spring plate 7, the said platebeing brazed, soldered or otherwise secured to the handle at one end andthe other end is bent outwardly, as shown at 8.

The outward bends of the plates 5 and 7 at their free ends are for thepurpose of facilitating the entrance of the thread beneath the plates.The plate 7 is for holding the threadnear the work, to prevent raveling.Since a considerable amount of thread is to be grasped by the plate 5 itis bent outwardly intermediate its "ends, and since but a single threadpasses beneath the plate 7 it is not bent outwardly to receive saidthread.-

With the improved needle bothwork and ball are held to the needle sothat all of the elements required for crocheting are together, and thereis no chance of the ball rolling away to unwind the thread.

The plate 7 also acts as a tensioning device for thread duringcrocheting. The plates for holding the ball and thread are in use,however, as a rule, only when the work is laid aside.

I claim:

A crochet needle having at the end remote from the hook, a pair ofspring plates secured to opposite sides of the needle, and

adapted to clasp the thread between them' and the needle, said platesbeing connected at the ends of the plates remote from the hook of theneedle.

CLARA ELIZABETH ENSFIELI

